Women 'banned from shopping alone' in northern Pakistan
Islamic clerics and tribal elders in Pakistan's north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have barred women from shopping without a male relative.
The decision was made during a meeting at a mosque in Karak district and announced over its loudspeaker.
Most women in Pakistan's tribal north-west cover their heads and bodies.
The step is reportedly aimed at keeping men from being distracted during the holy month of Ramadan. It is not clear whether it will be lifted when it ends.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23388205
Even by their own misogynistic thinking, this does not make sense - if a man is 'distracted' by the sight of a woman, having a male relative with her is not going to stop him being 'distracted'. I can only see this as taking advantage of a religious festival to further subjugate women.